GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 12: Mirai Nagasu of USA competes in the Ladies Free Skating during the Figure Skating Team Event on day three of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. (Getty Images)

Many people criticized Weiss’ tweet for implying her misconception that because Nagasu is not white, she is an immigrant. The internet exploded with opinions.

Weiss pushed back, saying she’d used poetic license in quoting the line from the wildly popular Broadway show “Hamilton.” Which sounds scarily close to saying something like: “I’m not racist, I have tons of black friends.”

Weiss seemed to miss the point of the criticisms she received on Twitter in the same way that most “white-privileged” people miss the point. For minorities in the United States, not being white often means having your status as a citizen questioned for no reason. Especially in our current social setting, being white can afford positive assumptions whereas simply being not white can lead to heated citizenship discussions with assumptions that because you’re not white, you’re not really from the United States.